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What happens when the levee breaks?

Scientists have developed powerful modelling techniques to help understand the full impact of flooding that occurs when dams collapse.

The research has been helping China’s disaster management authorities better understand the full impact of the catastrophic flooding that would occur if one of China’s, and the world’s, biggest dams collapsed.

The work could also be applied in Australia to help plan for extreme weather events.

Read more at CSIRO

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